6:18pm

Tue May 3, 2011
NPR Story

Renee Montagne Remembers Her Time On All Things Considered

Former All Things Considered host Renee Montagne remembers her time on the show.

6:03pm

Tue May 3, 2011
Osama Bin Laden Killed

Bin Laden's Death Revives Debate Over Interrogation

U.S. officials say Osama bin Laden was found by tracking his most trusted courier. Knowledge about that courier was gleaned in part through the interrogation of detainees, either at Guantanamo or in CIA prisons. Supporters of the Bush administration's detention policies say the bin Laden operation demonstrated that "enhanced interrogation" tactics actually worked to provide valuable information. Some intelligence officials say that argument is too simplistic.

5:56pm

Tue May 3, 2011
The Two-Way

Today's Distraction: Spotting Mountains On The Moon

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured some pretty amazing images of a the moon crossing in front of the sun, this morning. There wasn't a solar eclipse on Earth today, but there was one in the orbit of the SDO. If you want more on how a solar eclipse happens in space, Bad Astronomy provides a diagram.

We're more interested in the eye candy:

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5:07pm

Tue May 3, 2011
Environment

Florida Budget Woes Mean Environmental Cuts

Florida's legislature wraps up its annual budget session this week. Like other states with tight budgets, Florida is setting new spending priorities. Environmental protection is one area that's seeing big cuts.

Tough Choices

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4:39pm

Tue May 3, 2011
Osama Bin Laden Killed

Without Bin Laden, How Dangerous Is Al-Qaida?

Al-Qaida can survive without Osama bin Laden, its slain leader. But how dangerous a threat will the terrorist group be without him?

"This is the great question," says Rick "Ozzie" Nelson, director of the counterterrorism program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "Has he been able to create a movement that's self-sustaining, or is it a cult of personality that depends on him for inspiration?"

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4:33pm

Tue May 3, 2011
The Two-Way

Is It Legal For The U.S. To Release Pictures Of Bin Laden's Body?

If the United States decided to release pictures of Osama bin Laden, would it violate international law?

It's a tough question the United States has faced before. Back in 2003, the Pentagon decided to release photographs of the bodies of Uday and Qusay Hussein, Saddam Hussein's two sons who were killed in a shootout in Iraq. The pictures were bloody, showing the brothers with significant wounds on their faces.

At the time, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defended the decision, saying it was in line with the Geneva Convention.

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4:32pm

Tue May 3, 2011
Middle East

Israel Balks At Palestinian Unity Deal

Israel is taking a tough line against a reconciliation deal between two rival Palestinian factions.

A unity agreement is set to be signed Wednesday in Cairo by Fatah, which controls the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas, a hardline Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip. The agreement would help end a bitter four-year divide between the two groups. But Israel considers Hamas a terrorist organization and is leveling punitive actions against the Palestinian government for agreeing to the deal.

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4:25pm

Tue May 3, 2011
Health

Women's Circadian Rhythm Beats Faster Than Men's

A new study shows that women run on a different clock than men.

That is, the biological time-keeper deep in the brain that governs when we sleep and when we wake runs at a faster pace in women. The report, from researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital, appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The results have some interesting implications.

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4:10pm

Tue May 3, 2011
The Record

Beyonce (And Michelle Obama) Get The Kids Moving

Tuesday afternoon, kids at hundreds of middle schools all over the country were dancing exactly the same dance at exactly the same time. OK, they're middle school kids, so probably they were all doing something similar at more or less the same time. They called it a "flash workout" at the direction of two powerful leaders: Beyonce and the First Lady.

The kids were dancing to Beyonce's song and video "Move Your Body," a reworking of her song "Get Me Bodied," made for Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign.

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3:33pm

Tue May 3, 2011
Shots - Health Blog

Feds Cracks Down On 'Bogus' STD Remedies

Here's a simple rule of thumb for picking a medicine to treat a sexually transmitted disease: If it's available without a prescription, move on.

The Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission said today they're going after marketers of 11 different STD remedies sold over-the-counter or online without a prescription.

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